Tara Kaye Sharp
February 13, 1990 - April 30, 2008


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Do You Hear Me?

 

Do you hear me when I talk out loud?
Do you see me when I cry?
Do you know that I can’t believe it’s real
When I try to say goodbye?
 
Do you feel what’s in my heart?
Know that I’m lost without you here?
Know that all that I see ahead
Is an emptiness and fear?
 
Do you know that I’m not brave
That I don’t want to be strong?
That I only want you here with me,
And everything else is wrong?
 
Do you see me stumble half-alive
Going through the motions of a day?
Loneliness among crowds of people
Silence despite what I say?
 
Do you know I look up at the sky
Searching the clouds for something new?
Listening to the wind blow
Looking for signs from you?
 
Do you known I cherish the time we spent
And mourn that which we never will?
That the future has an empty space
That I don’t know how to fill?
 
Do you know it hurts to smile?
That I miss you walking next to me?
That I’m not that person I was?
And that I’ll never be?
 
Do you know I’m afraid to sleep?
To dream of you then to wake-
The hope and then the desperate truth
Is more than I can take?
 
Do you know how much I love you?
How these words cannot possibly convey
How much I miss you and I need you,
And what I want to say?
 
Do you know you are still my baby?
Like the story from yesterday,
And no matter minutes, days, or years
My baby you will stay.

©2008 Teresa Taylor, TaraKayeSharp.com